CA Technologies Vblock Ready(TM) offerings (http://www.ca.com/us/vblock.aspx) allow customers to accelerate private cloud deployments and time-to-market for new business services while containing costs. Customers can also reduce risk by opting for fully tested and integrated CA Technologies offerings with official certification from VCE.

"As organizations move to the cloud at a rapid clip, converged infrastructure options, such as VCE's Vblock Systems, can significantly reduce time to deploy and time to value," said Roger Pilc, general manager, Industries, Solutions and Alliances, CA Technologies. "Our customers want to deliver a better bottom line value to their business and to do so, need to manage, monitor, secure and automate their cloud deployments in order to realize the full benefits. We remain committed to making sure our offerings meet VCE's stringent certification requirements, so that our customers can move from simply maintaining IT, to focusing on driving innovation and increased business value."
"CA Technologies is providing customers with broad and comprehensive support for Vblock Systems," said Todd Pavone, executive vice president, VCE. "Our extensive work with partners like CA Technologies is resulting in a broad ecosystem of leading capabilities that have been pre-tested and enable fast, reliable deployment of enterprise cloud infrastructures."
CA Technologies recently certified Vblock Ready offerings include:
* CA Server Automation
* CA Business Service Insight
* CA Application Performance Management
* CA Nimsoft Monitor
* CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers
* CA IdentityMinder(TM)
* CA ControlMinder(TM) for Virtual Environments
* CA AuthMinder(TM) (formerly CA Arcot(TM) WebFort)
* CA SiteMinder(TM)
* CA GovernanceMinder(TM)
* CA ControlMinder(TM)
* CA ControlMinder(TM) Shared Account Management
* CA DataMinder(TM)
For the latest updates on the VCE partnership and related offerings, visit http://www.ca.com/us/vblock.aspx.